419 scam: "BENTINO RODRIGUEZ"<ozden@zarifpeyzaj.com> Please Reply

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +34602563886 (Spain, prepaid mobile phone)
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- bentinorod@yahoo.es (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "BENTINO RODRIGUEZ" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bentinorodr@yahoo.es>
Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 18:16:04 -0700
Subject: Please Reply

From.BENTINO RODRIGUEZ

Dear Friend,

Before I proceed, I must first apologize for this unsolicited mail to you. I am aware that this is certainly not a conventional way of approach to establish a relationship of trust, but you will realize the need for my
action. My name is BENTINO RODRIGUEZ, a solicitor and legal attaches with Banco Bancaja, Madrid Spain. Actually, I got your contact information through the public records while searching for relations to our late
customer an oil contractor to the Libya government under the regime of late Col. Muammar Gaddafi. He lived in Spain for twelve years he died on the 4th of May 2011 in the Libya revolution war in Tripoli.

Before his death, he deposited the sum of $20.752.000 (TWENTY MILLION, SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY-TWO THOUSAND U.S. DOLLARS ONLY) with one of our branches here in Spain, but the money was deposited in an insurance coded account with insurance premium for security reasons. The bank has mandated me to notify any of his family heir/inheritor for the claim before the money gets confiscated or reverts to the Bank treasury, as an unclaimed fund. So I decided to search for any of our customer's relative which has been very difficult for us, as he did not declare any other person, address, partner
or relatives in the official paper works of his fund deposit. Against this backdrop, my suggestion to you is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand as the next of kin, since you live in outside spain so that the money will be released to you as his relation.With my position as the legal attaches to the bank/ insider in the bank, I will now place your name as the next of kin to our late customer

Note that this transaction is 100% risk free. There is no atom of risk in connection to this business as I have worked out all modalities to complete the transaction successfully. Once the money is released to you, we shall share in the ratio of 50% for me, 50% for you as your benefit. Reply via my private email address (bentinorod@yahoo.es) or you can call me on telephone +34 602 563 886 for further clarification. Please be kind to get back to me if you are not interested so that I can further my search for another partner.

Best Regards

BENTINO RODRIGUEZ.

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